ECB and Metro Bank announce partnership to invest in the people powering women’s and girls’ cricket Partnership will strengthen the workforce behind the recreational game through the expansion of Take Her Lead’s Women’s Network. Take Her Lead (THL), the charity championing women and girls in cricket founded by Isa Guha, has announced a new partnership
North Somerset’s spectacular coastline took centre stage this weekend as over 1,500 walkers, joggers and runners completed the 2026 South West Coast 50 Ultra Challenge, tackling distances of 50km, 25km and 10km along one of the South West’s most dramatic stretches of national trail. From sunrise on Saturday 25 July, the event’s basecamp near Dunster
The weekend’s netball action saw Trendell Sporting Scholar Jayda Pechova, who graduated in Sports Performance this summer, make her Commonwealth Games debut in England’s 83-34 victory over Northern Ireland. She also played 30 minutes of Sunday’s tough contest against Australia, the reigning champions showing their class in a 66-47 victory. England, coached by University of
Rugby legends, elite athletes, social media personalities and community rugby players came together this weekend to showcase T1 Rugby, the fast growing and fun non-contact rugby union format. The exhibition match took place on Saturday 25 July at Festival of Sport on Packington Estate in Warwickshire, bringing together household names from rugby and beyond, alongside
The Blues are the 2026 Sky Super Rugby Aupiki champions, claiming a dramatic 28 – 21 victory over Matatū with a match-winning try in the 80th minute at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch. Played in front of over 10,000 fans, the Grand Final was an arm wrestle from start to finish, with neither side
Men’s and Women’s Ashes to run alongside each other at heart of 2027 international cricket summer The unmatched drama of home Ashes series will take centre stage next summer with the 2027 international schedule announced today. England Men and England Women will be going all out to regain the Ashes with their series to run
Loughborough Lightning can today confirm that 12 Loughborough University players will step up from BUCS Super Rugby into the senior Lightning environment for the 2026/27 season. These agreements will see Ashton Adcock, Ella Barnes, Alice Bennett, Izzy Clist, Emily Heaps, Lilly Hickey, Aoibhe Kelly, Freya MacColl, Imogen Mockford, Alice Redfern, Sasha Roberts, and Harli Stanton
Jorja Miller has re-committed to the Black Ferns Sevens and New Zealand Rugby through to the end of 2029. The reigning back-to-back World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year and 2024 Kel Tremain Memorial New Zealand Rugby Player of the Year said she was as motivated now as when she signed her first contract as
Loughborough Lightning have today confirmed that Emily Scarratt is leaving the club ahead of the 2026/27 season to take up a full-time position with the Red Roses. The two-time World Cup winner held a player-coach role with Lightning prior to her playing retirement last October, before becoming a full-time assistant coach ahead of the 2025/26
FIXTURES FOR THE 2026-27 SEASON Pool A: Saracens, Exeter Chiefs, Sale Sharks, Loughborough Lightning and Leicester Tigers Pool B: Harlequins, Bristol Bears, Trailfinders Women and Gloucester Hartpury SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 1pm – Bristol Bears v Trailfinders Women (North Bristol RFC) 1.30pm – Harlequins v Gloucester Hartpury (Twickenham Stoop) 2pm – Leicester Tigers v Saracens (Mattioli
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